Early bird bets on Cardinals pay off $375,000

An as-yet anonymous gambler made two bets worth a total $375,000 after the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the World Series against the Texas Ranchers on Friday night.

Now reporters are waiting for the mystery winner to surface for interviews.

Someone placed two wagers Sept. 12 at the MGM sports book in Las Vegas, betting Cardinals would win the National League championship and the World Series, Yahoo! Sports reports.

He collected $125,000 for the pennant race and scored $250,000 for the World Series (minus a $100,000 “hedge” bet on the Rangers) for a net win of $275,000.

Odds on the Cards were 999-to-1 at the time of the bets, and Jay Rood, an MGM vice president, tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the man would have gotten “substantially lower” odds if he’d waited one more day.